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Famous people and celebrities

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

British composer best known for scoring five James Bond films.

a)

Richard Strauss

b)

Giacomo Puccini

c)

Michel Legrand

d)

David Arnold

2.

When did the Queen Elizabeth II ascend to the throne?

a)

1926

b)

1940

c)

1952

d)

1989

3.

What is the name of the British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Angela Merkel

d)

Ursula von der Leyen

4.

The 19th century French author famed for such science-fiction novels as "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"

a)

Jules Verne

b)

Alexander Dumas

c)

Honoré de Balzac

d)

Victor Hugo

5.

A French heroine burned at the stake at the age of 19.

a)

Charlotte Corday

b)

Marie-Antoinette

c)

Genevieve

d)

Joan of Arc

6.

The French President of the Fifth Republic and a commander in World War II

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Claude-Victor Perrin

c)

Clеment Armand Falliеres

d)

Charles de Gaulle

7.

Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language. He is best known for Don Quixote

a)

Miguel de Cervantes

b)

Lope de Vega

c)

Federico García Lorca

d)

Miguel de Unamuno

8.

Spanish Catalan architect. His main work is the church of the Sagrada Família (Sacred Family) in Barcelona.

a)

Pedro de Ribera

b)

Juan de Herrera

c)

Antoni Gaudi

d)

Antonio Palacios

9.

Portuguese explorer, the first European to reach India by sea.

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Prince Henry the Navigator

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Bartolomeu Dias

10.

In which country was the world famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo born?

a)

Brazil

b)

Spain

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Portugal

11.

Italian composer known for several operas, including La Traviata and Aida.

a)

Giacomo Puccini

b)

Antonio Vivaldi

c)

Giuseppe Verdi

d)

Vincenzo Bellini

12.

German physicist, author of the theory of relativity.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Wilhelm Roentgen

c)

Heinrich Hertz

d)

Georg Ohm

13.

German poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher and statesman known for his drama "Faust"

a)

Bertolt Brecht

b)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

c)

Heinrich Heine

d)

Franz Kafka

14.

German Romantic composer known for his "Wedding March"

a)

Johann Sebastian Bach

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

Felix Mendelssohn

15.

Dutch exotic dancer executed in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War I

a)

Isadora Duncan

b)

Mata Hari

c)

Martha Graham

d)

Fanny Elssler

16.

Danish author best remembered for his fairy tales such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Snow Queen" and "The Ugly Duckling".

a)

Charles Perrault

b)

Astrid Lindgren

c)

Rudyard Kipling

d)

Hans Christian Andersen